The Delta independent., 1887-01-04
TELEGRAPH BREVITIES.

Patti claims that the altitude affects
her voice at the City of Mexico.
Senator Logan died at his residence
in Washington at 3 o'clock Sunday after
noon.
A severe snow storm visited England,
blowing down telegraph lines and blocking
railway trains.
The Secretary of the Treasury has
called for SO, 1000, 600 in per cents. The call
natures February. l.
Prince Nicholas, of Montenegro, has
called out 35, 900 troops. They will be armed
with breech-loaders.
Pliny Nickerson, an extensive ship
owner of Boston has assigned. Liabilities
soO0, 600; nominal assets $4,000.
A policeman at Lyons. France, found
a smoking bomb under a church porch and
extinguished the fuse before the thing ex-
ploded.
The trial of Professor Smythe for al
legged heresy, on account of his publica-
tions in the AndOver Review has begun in
Boston.
] The steamers r. S. Hayes and City
of Natchez with four loaded barges burned
at Cairo. The total loss is estimated at
100000
The employees of the Philadelphia
brewers, numbering 1000 men, have struck
against proposed reduction of 20 per cent.
In wages.
Isaac Brickel. living twelve miles
from Springville, Iowa, was killed by his
son because the old man objected to his go
ing to a dance.
Mr.. Springer proposes to labor in
the House for the admission of Dakota, Mon
tana, New Mexico and Washington Terri
ories in bunch.
The San Francisco street car strikers
made a violent assault upon the new men on
two lines, and two rioters were wounded by
a policeman's bullets.
According to reports at the General
Land Office fences have recently been re-
moved from e74 600 acres of land principally
in the Denver District.
| The Navy Department claims n saw
ing of between 81, 600 and sGo, 600 by the sub
stitute of marines for watchmen and ship
keepers at the navy yards.
Sadie Bigelow and Lizzie Hart, two
Boston girls, after little spree on Christ.
mas night with two young men, took
"Rough on Rats and died.
England will send Twelve cighty-ton
guns for the defense of Victoria. British
Columbia, and the Canadian Pacific Road
is preparing for their transportation.
| A duel with swords was fought near
the City Of Mexico between Prince Angus
tin Iturbide and Senior Carcetio, and the
latter was slightly wounded in the left
shoulder.
A. T. Brown and Chloe Robinson,
both colored, are under arrest at Montezu,
ma, Iowa, charged with f,ogging a six-year
old child until it died. There is talk OF
lynching.
The Temple Theatre in Philadelphia
burned and two tiremen were buried in the
ruins. The Washington House adjoining
was damaged. Loss about 500, 900; insur
ance sls' 900.
Judge Sloan. of Milwaukee. has lin
tied the defense in the riot cases TO six wit
nesses. He tells them further that a thous
and witnesses could not make him believ,
there was no riot at Bayview.
Captain Six-Killer, Chief of Police il
the Indian Territory, was murdered by All
Cunningham and Dick Vann, two Chero
KEGS. Nann was recently released from tn,
Penitentiary by the Presidents pardon.
Henry NJ. Stanley. the explorer. i:
still in London. He will start this week fol
Zanzibar. 1t is asserted that he has de
clined an offer of $4,000 to return tt
America and complete his lecturing tour.
Mr.. Gladstone has written for the
January number of the Nineteenth Centur,
an article entitled "Locksley Hall and til,
Jubilee The article is criticism of the
poem by the light of events of the past fift,
years.
Tho large mills of the Dean Wooler
Company at Newark, Delaware, were en-
| thels Colisttiueu pN llle SHTlStillaS morning
causing loss of about 500, 900, and throw
ing two hundred and forty hands out of EN-
ployment
1t is stated that Oscar Cook has made
a confession that Fotheringham. the ex
press messenger who is now in jail charged
with completely in the robbery, knew al
about the plan to rob his car, and was will
ing victim to the attack of the rubber. liz
was promised $4,000 of the amount stoier
rs his share of the Doodle.
A dispatch from Berlin says that the
removal of the snow which fell in the lat,
storm has revealed an appalling loss Of life
Many travellers were overtaken by tht
storm. so bodies have been found in Saxony
thirty in Thuringia and forty in Southern
Germany. Itis estimated that the total los:
of life will be nearly 800.
The shipments of Christmas pack.
ages to New York was SO great that the,
could not be delivered by the express com
panies, who had nearly H. 900, 900 packages
on hand. Many parcels contained perish
able articles. The Superintendent of ro
lice issued an order permitting the com
panies to deliver packages containing such
articles oa Sunday.